Genesis 21:26:7Gen.21.26.W7TAB
אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר
ethadavar
“thing”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-da-VAR
- Extended
- eht-hah-dah-VAHR
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.had.da.ˈvaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- thing
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-ha-da-VAR
- phraseyour reading level
et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH
- clause
va-YO-mer a-vi-ME-lekh LO ya-DA-e-ti MI a-SA et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-vi-ME-lekh LO ya-DA-e-ti MI a-SA et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH ve-gam-a-TA lo-hig-GAD-ta LI ve-GAM a-no-KHI LO sha-MA-e-ti bil-TI ha-YOM
Root and etymology
d-b-rdalet–bet–resh
“word, matter, event”
In context — Genesis 21:26
And Abimelech said, “I did not know who did this matter ; you did not tell me, and I did not hear of it until today .”
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:26:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 21:26, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר (ethadavar) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.21.26.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.26.W7.S1) and character.